More women seem to be crossing state lines to have abortions in Illinois
by Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune
Feb 28, 2018
3 minutes
CHICAGO - When Alison Dreith learned of her unplanned pregnancy, the St. Louis resident said she chose to travel to Illinois to have an abortion in 2016.
She is the executive director of NARAL Pro-Choice Missouri and lived closer to a Planned Parenthood clinic in St. Louis where she used to work and knew some of the staff. But Dreith said Missouri's 72-hour waiting period and other regulations made terminating a pregnancy far more burdensome in her state.
"I knew Missouri's laws," she said. "I never even
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